- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet; black, bean-shaped stone with patches of cream. When boiled in vinegar the stone is a cure for deafness. [SB [OPS Move] 19/09/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Susan Blackman
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1928
- Date collected
- 1928
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 10 mm, Width: max 18 mm, Length: max 29 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.54.1998 Other numbers: A 70020 R 29899 491
1985.54.1998
Amulet; black, bean-shaped stone with patches of cream. When boiled in vinegar the stone is a cure for deafness. [SB [OPS Move] 19/09/2017]
1985.54.1998
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